asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they will give in tabular form the values of the pound sterling against the United States dollar, the Japanese yen and the Euro since 1 January 1999. [HL933]
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Director of the Office for National Statistics, who has been asked to reply.
Letter to Lord Swinfen from the Director of Social Statistics of the Office for National Statistics, Mr John Pullinger, dated 14 February 2000.
The Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has been asked to reply to your parliamentary Question on exchange rates. I am replying in Dr Holt's absence.
The values of the pound sterling against the United States dollar, the Japanese yen and the Euro are given in the table below. The rates shown are average daily rates (excluding bank holidays and weekends) as recorded by the Bank of England at around 4 p.m. each day.
Japanese
| |||
US$
| Yen
| Euro
| |
| 1999 January | 1.6509 | 187.07 | 1.4236 |
| 1999 February | 1.6276 | 189.69 | 1.4534 |
| 1999 March | 1.6220 | 193.82 | 1.4902 |
| 1999 April | 1.6105 | 192.61 | 1.5051 |
| 1999 May | 1.6154 | 197.22 | 1.5186 |
| 1999 June | 1.5950 | 192.57 | 1.5374 |
| 1999 July | 1.5748 | 188.11 | 1.5205 |
| 1999 August | 1.6073 | 182.19 | 1.5146 |
| 1999 September | 1.6243 | 173.74 | 1.5458 |
| 1999 October | 1.6571 | 175.66 | 1.5490 |
Japanese
| |||
US$
| Yen
| Euro
| |
| 1999 November | 1.6214 | 169.69 | 1.5706 |
| 1999 December | 1.6132 | 165.70 | 1.5953 |
| 2000 January | 1.6402 | 172.89 | 1.6201 |